List of Graduate Women in Science chapters explained

Graduate Women in Science, formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science. It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States.

In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics..^{[1] [2] [3]}

Chapter	Former chapter name	Charter date	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Ithaca	Alpha	May 24, 1921 – 1990	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive	^[4]
Madison	Beta	1922	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Active	^[5]
	Gamma	1924–1976	University of Illinois	Champaign and Urbana, Illinois	Inactive	^[6]
	Delta	1924	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
	Epsilon	1925–before 1991	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Inactive
Richmond	Zeta			Richmond, Virginia	Active
Chicago	Eta (see Chi)	1925–before 1968; 2000	University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Active	^[7]
	Theta	1927	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Inactive
	Iota	May 18, 1927	University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Inactive	^[8]
New York City Metro	Kappa	1928		New York City, New York	Active
	Lambda (First)	1929–before 1970	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Inactive
Syracuse	Mu	1933–before 1991; xxxx ?	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Active	^[9]
Hershey	Kappa Rho	January 1936–xxxx ?;	Penn State University College of Medicine	Hershey, Pennsylvania	Active	^[10] ^[11]
State College	Nu	1936	Pennsylvania State University	State College, Pennsylvania	Active
Twin Cities	Xi	1945	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota	Active	^[12]
National Capital	Omicron	1948		Washington, D.C.	Active	^[13]
	Pi	January 1949	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Inactive	^[14]
Philadelphia	Rho	1951–xxxx ?; 2019		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active	^[15]
Mid-Michigan	Sigma	1954–before 1991; xxxx ?	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Active	^[16]
	Tau	1959	University of Southern California and Western Arizona	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
	Upsilon	1959	Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Inactive
	Phi	1968	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Inactive
	Chi (see Eta)	1968	University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois
Chapter-at-Large	Omega	1968	Chapter-at-Large		Active	^[17]
	Lambda (Second)	1970	California and Southwest United States	California
	Psi	1976	University of Rochester	Rochester, New York	Inactive
	Alpha Alpha			Burlington, Vermont	Inactive	^[18]
Research Triangle	Rho Tau	June 20, 2009		Raleigh, North Carolina	Active	^[19]
International	Iota Nu	March 10, 2013			Active	^[20]
Iowa City	Iota Chi	2014	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Active	^[21]
Los Angeles		August 16, 2016		Los Angeles, California	Active	^[22]
Arizona		November 2018	University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix	Phoenix, Arizona	Active	^[23]
Nashville		February 2019		Nashville, Tennessee	Active	^[24]
Delaware		2019	University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Active	^[25]
Rolla			Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla, Missouri	Active	^[26] ^[27]
West Liberty				West Liberty, West Virginia	Active	^[28]
Central Ohio		2023	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Active	^[29] ^[30]
Auburn	Alpha Upsilon		Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Active
Boston	Alpha Omega			Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Austin				Austin, Texas	Active	^[31]
Black Hills			South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Rapid City, South Dakota	Active	^[32]
Central Kentucky				Kentucky	Active
Dallas				Dallas, Texas	Active
Eastern North Carolina	Epsilon Chi			Greenville, North Carolina	Active	^[33] ^[34]
Eastern South Dakota	Sigma Delta			Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Active	^[35]
Grand Forks				Grand Forks, North Dakota	Active
Greater Maryland				Maryland	Active
Hattiesburg				Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Active
Hawaii				Honolulu, Hawaii	Active	^[36]
Milwaukee				Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Missoula				Missoula, Montana	Active
New York Capital				Albany, New York	Active
Northern Colorado	Sigma Omega Delta		Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Active	^[37]
Orange County				Orange County, California	Inactive
Pittsburgh				Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Puerto Rico				Puerto Rico	Active
St. Louis				St. Louis, Missouri	Active	^[38]
San Diego				San Diego, California	Inactive
Tuscaloosa				Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Active

See also

• List of Graduate Women in Science members

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chapters . September 14, 2024 . Graduate Women in Science.
2. [Jack L. Anson|Anson, Jack L.]
3. Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 693
4. Web site: Guide to the Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, 1921-1990. . 2024-09-16 . Cornell University Library.
5. Web site: Welcome! . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Madison Chapter . en-US.
6. Web site: Finding Aid for Sigma Delta Epsilon Records, 1923-76 University of Illinois Archives . 2024-09-16 . University of Illinois Archives Holdings Database . en.
7. Web site: Home . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Chicago Chapter . en.
8. Web site: Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Chapter . 2024-09-16 . Nebraska Archives Online . University of Nebraska.
9. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . Syracuse GWIS . en.
10. News: January 24, 1936 . Local Scientific Club Joins National Group . September 15, 2024 . Penn State Collegian . Newspaper Archive.
11. Web site: GWIS Kappa Rho Chapter . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Kappa Rho Chapter . en.
12. Web site: Twin Cities, MN Chapter . 2024-09-15 . Twin Cities, MN Chapter . en.
13. Web site: About Us . September 14, 2024 . Women in Science National Capital Chapter.
14. News: February 1, 1949 . Sigma Delta Epsilon Established at University . September 16, 2024 . Purdue Alumnus . Purdue University Archives and Special Collections . 36 . 5.
15. Web site: Home . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330023937/https://www.gwisphiladelphia.com/ . 2023-03-30 . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Philadelphia . web.archive.org.
16. Web site: About Us . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Mid-Michigan . en.
17. Web site: Home . 2024-09-16 . Sigma Delta Epsilon/ Graduate Women in Science Omega Chapter.
18. Web site: Guide to the Sigma Delta Epsilon records, 1920-2012. . 2024-09-16 . Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
19. Web site: GWIS Research Triangle Chapter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220801202635/https://gwisresearchtriangle.org/ . 2022-08-01 . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Research Triangle Chapter . web.archive.org.
20. Web site: GWIS International . 2024-09-15 . GWIS International . en.
21. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Iowa City . en.
22. Web site: About Us . September 14, 2024 . Graduate Women in Science Los Angeles Chapter.
23. Web site: Frank . Marian . November 20, 2018 . Chapter of Graduate Women in Science Established . 2024-09-15 . The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
24. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Nashville . en.
25. Web site: Home . 2024-09-15 . Delaware chapter- Graduate Women In Science . en.
26. Web site: Home . 2024-09-15 . Graduate Women in Science Rolla Chapter . en.
27. Web site: 2019-09-10 . Welcome Graduate Women in Science - Rolla Chapter to Campus . 2024-09-15 . eConnection . Missouri University of Science and Technology . en-US.
28. Web site: 2021-06-03 . West Liberty alumnus Nicole Garrison returned to Hilltop and joined the biology . 2024-09-15 . The Trumpet.
29. Web site: Graduate Women In Science – Central Ohio : Find a Student Organization : Student Activities . 2024-09-15 . Ohio State University.
30. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . GWIS - Central Ohio . en.
31. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . GWIS Austin Chapter . en-US.
32. Web site: Contact Us . 2024-09-15 . GWIS BLACK HILLS . en.
33. Web site: 2023-09-20 . Who are We . 2024-09-15 . GWIS-Eastern North Carolina . en.
34. Web site: Women scientists’ voices heard at film screening Research . 2024-09-15 . East Carolina University.
35. Web site: Home . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401185723/https://gwiseastsodak.org/ . 2022-04-01 . 2024-09-15 . Eastern South Dakota Chapter Graduate Women in Science . web.archive.org.
36. Web site: About Us . 2024-09-15 . GWISH - Graduate Women in Science Hawaii . en.
37. Web site: Graduate Women In Science: Northern Colorado Chapter . 2024-09-15 . Colorado State University System.
38. Web site: About . 2024-09-15 . Graduate Women in Science: STL Chapter . en.